Darren Entwistle

Darren Entwistle CM (born 1962) is a Canadian businessman. He is currently the president and chief executive officer of TELUS, a Canadian telecommunications company.

Darren Entwistle

Born1962 (age 5859)
Montreal, Quebec
Alma materConcordia University
McGill University
University of Toronto
Known forPresident and CEO of TELUS

Early life

Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] Entwistle received a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from Concordia University, an MBA (Finance) from the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and a diploma in Network Engineering from the University of Toronto.[2]

Career

Entwistle joined TELUS in 2000.[3] Previously he was an executive at Cable & Wireless in the United Kingdom.[4][5] Under Entwistle, TELUS has evolved from a regional telephone company serving Western Canada into a national data and wireless business.[4] The $6.6 billion purchase of Clearnet in 2000 was one of the biggest acquisitions in Canadian telecommunications history at that time.[6] With the acquisition of Emergis in 2008, TELUS moved towards making digital patient information more accessible to patients and their providers which was a move that was embedded in TELUS’ Health Solutions division.[7][8]

Community recognition

References

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  2. "McGill University: Darren Entwistle, Governor". Globe and Mail.
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  13. "Fraser Institute". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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  16. "Honorary Degree Citation - Darren Entwistle - Concordia University Archives". Archives.concordia.ca. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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  20. "Trailblazing ski twins, now just shy of 97th birthdays, among Order of Canada appointments". www.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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